As health officials report a surge of winter viruses, health experts are warning that heart disease symptoms can sometimes ...

The study revealed that a gene common in some bats can reduce the production of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 90%, which could help lead to new medical approaches to combating viral diseases.

Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...

In a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a ...

The history of influenza vaccine and the associated technology shows how the vaccine has evolved to match the evolution of influenza viruses. Box 1. Current nomenclature for influenza viruses (WHO ...

Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) has now been confirmed in locally acquired human cases in the U.K., with evidence of ...

There’s a mystery unfolding in the world of science: the disappearance of Influenza B/Yamagata. Since early 2020, researchers haven’t sequenced or isolated a single sample of this flu strain. Once a ...

In addition to explaining how bats’ immune systems keep up with coronaviruses, and possibly all viruses, the research also sheds light on bats’ evolutionary history. The genetic breakdown ...

The first research programs attempting to develop an inactivated influenza vaccine, outside of the USSR, were conducted in England and in the USA at about the same time. However, it was at the ...

The narrative is false that the COVID vaccine was rushed and not properly tested. It and other vaccines are safe and ...

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.